Moving a window that does not show a title

[Cybship]

Hi, I am using an IP Camera software called "XXCAMERA" and it does not have a title.  I would like to use the 'WinMove' command to position the window in a certain spot on the screen, but apparently the lack of a title is preventing the script to execute the command.  It appears to want to run, but the window does not move.  Have tried the following two scripts:

WinMove("XXCAMERA", "", -585, 392, 960, 750)   >>  Here I am using the name of the program that shows in the task manager, I see the icons in the taskbar flashing so the script apparently tried to run, but the window did not move

WinMove("", "", -585, 392, 960, 750)   >>  Here I am leaving the title blank, this one winds up moving the windows explorer window instead

Any ideas how I can move a window that does not show a name in the title bar, or in the AutoIt Info window when I move the Finder Tool over the window?

 

[water]

Use the AutoIt Window Info Tool to get the class and then pass this class to WinMove.

[Cybship]

That didn't work, did I do it right?

WinMove("Afx:00D90000:b:00010005:00000006:00070424", "", -585, 392, 960, 750)

Edited December 14, 2015 by Cybship
Correction

[Cybship]

Never mind, I didn't use class properly, got it to work now.  Thank you for the help!!

WinMove("[Class:Afx:00D90000:b:00010005:00000006:00070424]", "", -585, 392, 960, 750)

[water]

[Cybship]

I didn't think of the class value changing when the software is closed, which means I have to look up and enter the new value in the script each time the software opens.  Is there a workaround for that?

[JLogan3o13]

@Cybship is there anything that stays the same on the window (visible text?). There are a couple of options, but you have to have at least some consistent feature to search for.

[Cybship]

There is a consistent top menu bar that has four items (system, screen, view, help) with drop down menus items, and a number of clickable icons below that in a second bar, screenshot attached.

[JLogan3o13]

Use the AutoIt Window Info tool as suggested before. Post what it shows you under the Visible Text tab....

[Cybship]

This is what it shows for visible text:

osd
ir
关闭
开关打开
shangxia反转
左右反转
左右巡航
上下巡航
RIGHTDOWN
DOWN
LEFEDOWN
RIGHT
STOP
LEFT
RIGHTUP
UP
LEFTUP
菜单栏
Toolbar

[Cybship]

Is there a way to use the visible text with WinMove?

[InunoTaishou]

If you can can launch the software you could get the handle to the window through its PID (Or you could get the PID manually and input it)

https://www.autoitscript.com/wiki/FAQ#How_can_I_get_a_window_handle_when_all_I_have_is_a_PID.3F

This should work, just make sure you don't activate some other window while you're waiting for the software to initialize. You could replace the while loop with just a long enough pause until your camera software starts and then move it.

$hActiveWindow = WinGetHandle("[Active]")

;Run process
$iPID = Run("D:\Program Files (x86)\Putty\putty.exe")

; Sleep until the software initializes
While (WinGetHandle("[Active]") = $hActiveWindow)
    Sleep(100)
WEnd

;Get HWND.
$hWnd = _GetHwndFromPID($iPID)

;Move software
WinMove($hWnd, "", -585, 392, 960, 750)


;Function for getting HWND from PID
Func _GetHwndFromPID($PID)
    $hWnd = 0
    $winlist = WinList()
    Do
        For $i = 1 To $winlist[0][0]
            If $winlist[$i][0] <> "" Then
                $iPID2 = WinGetProcess($winlist[$i][1])
                If $iPID2 = $PID Then
                    $hWnd = $winlist[$i][1]
                    ExitLoop
                EndIf
            EndIf
        Next
    Until $hWnd <> 0
    Return $hWnd
EndFunc;==>_GetHwndFromPID

 

Edited December 22, 2015 by InunoTaishou